A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 265 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (165 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.4 km (7 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 22:19:32 / February 14, 2018 @ 10:19 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18436682. Unique identifier: ak18436682. Exact location of event, longitude -148.9724 West, latitude 56.3099 North, depth = 11.4 km. The temblor was detected at 12:19:32 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 265 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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